[The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas]@TWC D-Link bookThe Three Musketeers 62 TWO VARIETIES OF DEMONS 3/6
You have a good memory; repeat what I have told you.
A paper may be lost." "You are right; only let me know where to find you that I may not run needlessly about the neighborhood." "That's correct; wait!" "Do you want a map ?" "Oh, I know this country marvelously!" "You? When were you here ?" "I was brought up here." "Truly ?" "It is worth something, you see, to have been brought up somewhere." "You will wait for me, then ?" "Let me reflect a little! Ay, that will do--at Armentieres." "Where is that Armentieres ?" "A little town on the Lys; I shall only have to cross the river, and I shall be in a foreign country." "Capital! but it is understood you will only cross the river in case of danger." "That is well understood." "And in that case, how shall I know where you are ?" "You do not want your lackey ?" "Is he a sure man ?" "To the proof." "Give him to me.
Nobody knows him.
I will leave him at the place I quit, and he will conduct you to me." "And you say you will wait for me at Armentieres ?" "At Armentieres." "Write that name on a bit of paper, lest I should forget it.
There is nothing compromising in the name of a town.
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